Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Interesting Games

On March 25th I wrote about the likely upsets in the Super Eights. After seven games into the Super Eights it looks likely that apart from one or two other games these may turn out to be the only exciting games. So here is my list of most likely upsets.

For the purposes of upsets I will consider
TIER I: Australia, South Africa
TIER II: Sri Lanka, New Zealand
TIER III: West Indies, England
TIER IV: Bangladesh, Ireland

Most likely upsets
For TIER I teams.
1. South Africa-Sri Lanka
2. Australia-New Zealand
For TIER II teams unlikely. However Sri Lanka-New Zealand game might be crucial for who will face Australia and who will face South Africa in semis. If they had their wish I think Sri Lanka wants to face South Africa and New Zealand wants to face Australia.
TIER III teams
1. England-Bangladesh
If Bangladesh can finish sixth or better they should consider their campaign a very good success.
For England and West Indies reaching the semis would be a huge success.
For Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand anything less than a semi spot would be a disappointment.

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